Cabin Crew Ignores Passenger Who Stripped on 10-Hour Flight

Image: PHOTO: Air France Airbus A320 taking off from Spain's Barcelona-El Prat Airport. (photo via santirf/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus)
Image: PHOTO: Air France Airbus A320 taking off from Spain's Barcelona-El Prat Airport. (photo via santirf/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus)
Patrick Clarke
by Patrick Clarke
Last updated: 3:15 PM ET, Tue February 19, 2019

An unidentified Air France passenger has gone viral after removing his pants, shoes and socks on a 10-plus-hour flight from Paris to Los Angeles earlier this week.

Lizzie Thompson documented the man's bizarre exploits on Twitter, garnering thousands of comments and retweets in the process.

As if things weren't strange enough, the incident also involved a ukulele.

Thompson said that she alerted the flight attendant to the half-naked man but was met with a shrug.

Fortunately, for everyone on board as well as those passing through LAX, the man eventually put his pants back on. If you're hoping for a silver lining, Thompson said passengers bonded over the man's head-scratching behavior.

She also gave a shoutout to the flight attendant for staying composed throughout it all.

The incident comes just one month after an Air India passenger stripped naked in protest on a flight from Dubai to Lucknow, India.

Last year, an Alaska Airlines passenger removed his clothes and ran the length of the cabin before being tackled and locked in the bathroom.


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Patrick Clarke

Patrick Clarke

Senior Editor

A Maryland native and wanderer who has lived across the U.S. from North Carolina to SoCal, Patrick Clarke graduated from Towson University with a B.S. in journalism. He previously worked for Bleacher

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